Ewan McGregor

About

Ewan McGregor OBE is a Scottish actor who has starred in numerous film and musical roles. His first professional role was in 1993.

He then achieved international fame for his role in Trainspotting (1996) and T2 Trainspotting (2017). He starred as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars (1999–2005) and then poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001).

In 2021, he portrayed fashion designer in miniseries Halston. Moreover, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his role.

In 2018, Ewan McGregor won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his dual role as brothers Ray & Emmit Stussy in the third season of FX anthology series Fargo, and got Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy for both Moulin Rouge! and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls (2005–2007) and Othello (2007–2008). He ranked number 36 on Empire magazine’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list in 1997. Then in a 2004 poll for the BBC, McGregor came in fourth most influential person in British culture.

McGregor has been involved in charity work and has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK since 2004. In 2013, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama and charity. In 2016, he got the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award. He took American citizenship in 2016.